Water-closet seat.



J. MORRISON.

WATER GLOSET SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED sBPT.4,19oa.

lPaterl''edl May 4, 1909.

' Unirse srnrns rnfrnivr OFFICE.

JAMES MORRISON-OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application led September 4, 1:9'06, Serial No. 333,173.

The invention relates to means for renden ing water closet seats sanitary and has 'for its object to furnish a protector as a part of and complete upper covering for a hinged seat oi" simple constructionand 'few parts.

ln carryin,0r out my invention l construct the seat of, airst, a metal framev of substantially ring-form or restricted dimensions which is permanently hinged to the customa-ry bach wooden frame or casing of the `vwater closet, secondly, a portable wooden f upper and side surfaces of such carrier and each sheet of the pad presenting lugs, situated at the rear of the seat but su'liiciently to one side to avoid all possibility of' being soiled, whereby each sheet may be removed.

ln' the accompanying drawings, to which reference must be had iier full comprehension of the invention, similar reference chara :ter:-;

indicate the same parts and Figure l is a plan view of a water closet seat constructed according to my invention; Fig. Z i-i a trans.-

verse sectional view taken on line A A Fig. l 5 Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view o1 the base frame of the device, and Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 3 of the removable frame reversed.

l is the metal frame of' ring-form .contorm ing to the contour oic the rim of the bowl c and provided with a pair of hinge members d d to connect with other hinge members d d carried by the usual baclframe or casing e' of the closet, while downwardly tapered perforationsf are formed in the frame to receive rubber cushions g which project beyond the lower surface of the frame, and screw holes h alternate with the cushion perforations.

c is the portable wooden trame or padcarrier which corresponds in contour and exceeds slightly in dimensions the metal frame b and has its underside recessed as at lr and 7a2 to enable it to be i'itted upon the metal frame, screws m inserted through the holes h of the latter and entering the carrier serving to hold it in place.

'n the protectingr pad composed of a plurality of superimposed sheets ofv tissue paper or any other suitable material correspondin@ in contour with the carrier 7c except that from each sheet at the rear ends ofits -side edges so as toavoid all possibility of being soiled, lugs o, o, project, whereby the sheet may be handled andremoved.

The sheets of paper forming the pad are of a size to completely cover every part of the upper and side surfaces of the carrier, the upper corner edges of which are rounded to facilitate the iittingand carrying of the pad, and such sheets, except the lug portions o, are connected together at their edges by'an hesive is also used for securing the pad to the carrier.

When a pad is finished its carrier 7c `can be removed, after withdrawing the screws m,

tuted.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that surface because every part ot the top, ront, rear, and side portions of the seat is covered by the protecting pad, the form of hinged base frame and the carrier, constituting the seat proper, enabling me to completely pro tect every part of the same except of course the underside. It will also be noted that the location and downward projection of the lugs, whereby the sheets of the pad are handled, reduce to a minimum all chance of their being soiled i or coming in contact with the user of the closet au might b e the case were they situated in. front or at the side of the sheet.

Vf'hat lll claim is as follows y 1. In a water closet, a seat comprising a Wooden carrier of substantially the same form as but slightly Wider than the metal frame and adapted to be detachably secured thereto, and a projecting pad of substantially the same contour as the carrierl secured to and completely covering the up er and side surfaces of the carrier, such pa being comadliesive, preferably waterproof, which adand a fresh carrier with pad thereon substithere is practically no permanently eX osed 10o metal frame ol' substantially ring form, a"

posed of a plurality of detachable sheets of l secured together at their edges, and means paper with projecting lugs at the rear ends for detachably securing the carrier to the of their side edges.

2. In a Water closet, the combination with the closet frame having hinge members thereon and the bowl, of a seat adapted to be hinged to said closet frame and supported by the bowl, said seat comprising a metal frame of substantially ring form having hinge members projecting from the rear thereof to connect with the hinge members of the closet frame and having cushions projecting from its underside to rest on the bowl, a portable wooden frame oi pad-carrier of su stantially the same contour as the metal frame with recessed underside to fit said l l i i E l i i l l l from such edges.

metal frame and detachably carried by it, and a protecting pad of substantially the two subscribing witnesses.

same contour as the carrier secured to and completely covering the upper and side surfaces of the carrier, such pad being composed of a plurality of detachable sheets of paper j metal frame.

3. A protecting pad for water closet seats composed of a plurality of detachable sheets o' paper of substantially ring-form with pro- :-y

jectiiig lugs at therear ends of their side edges.

4. ln combination, a carrier of substantially ring-form and a protecting pad for water closet seats, the pad being composed ofa plurality of detachable sheets of paper of substantially ring-form with their edgesv bent downward over the edge of' the carrier and having lugs projecting downwardly v In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specilication, in the presence ol JAMES MORRISON.

lYitnesses:

WiLLiAM P. MCFEAT, ARTHUR` H. EVANS. 

